Testimonials

YAY! Another one into a great school! We are so excited for Rosie and have high hopes that Vassar will be a good fit for her.
Thank you for all of your guidance and time and keeping Rosie on track with the process. We really couldn’t have done it without you 🙂

Cate Maclachlan
Parent, Vassar College, ‘28

 “Working with Alice completely shifted our family’s experience of the college search process. We came to her only at the beginning of the senior year. In an incredibly short time, she got to know our senior and see him for who he is, helped him get organized and feel more on top of the process, gave him clear and helpful next steps at each meeting, and kept the focus on finding the college that was the best fit for him even as his interests and goals were shifting. Her direction allowed us to step back and be parents in the process. I especially appreciated that Alice understands the college search done right can help young adults figure out more about themselves, and worked to make it that kind of opportunity. Her warmth and efficiency made this year so much better for our son, and the outcome was terrific. He loves his college and is excited to start this next part of his life.”

Abigail Diehl-Noble
Parent, Dickinson College ’28

“Alice’s guidance during our daughter’s search for the right college was invaluable. She has the personal experience of visiting many many schools and answers any and all questions with remarkable attention to detail and well thought out answers. What really set her service apart was her masterful way of handling our daughter’s second guessing her own decision once she had settled on her first choice. Every time she questioned this decision prior to the final application (and there were several), Alice would explain why she thought it was still the better choice but left the final decision firmly in our daughter’s hands. Hearing this in an open way from a neutral third party gave her the space she needed to process the information while continuing to feel appropriately in control of the process. We are all thrilled with the outcome, especially the substantial scholarship from a school which was not on any of our radars at the start of the search and which will pay for Alice’s service many many times over.”

Karen Waters
Parent, College of the Holy Cross ‘28

 “I wanted to thank you for helping me through this process. Your advice was extremely helpful. You really saved my senior year with helping me navigate everything from the common app to the essay. I’m so excited to be studying theater at the college level. I still can’t believe I’m going to such an amazing place for the next four years. “

Grace F
Vassar,  ’27

“Alice was excellent to work with – she eliminated the stress that comes with the college application process and made it an enjoyable and exciting experience for me. She is very knowledgeable and had an answer for all of my questions about college and the application process. I’m off to one of my top schools next year and I don’t think I could have done it without her.”

Skylar Roberts
Bentley University, ‘26

“Alice provided patient and wise counsel to our daughter throughout the college application process. She took the time to get to know our daughter and understand her interests, her personality, her academic strengths, and her dreams. She was especially helpful in recommending colleges that would be a “good fit,” based on her many conversations with Grace (not just her transcript and test scores). For this reason, I would recommend working with Alice at least at the beginning of junior year to allow her to have the proper amount of time to get to know the student and for the parents to allow enough time for planning a well-targeted college tour.

When it was time to edit her essay, her resume, and her activities list, Alice was OUTSTANDING! She asked Grace for a first draft of her essay in the summer before her senior year. Over the next two months she used Google docs to comment and ask questions of our daughter, gently suggesting better wording and different approaches. In the end, our daughter was very proud of her essay, and as her parents, we were able to enjoy a 650 word “moment in time”– an essay we will always cherish for how sweetly it captured the gentle personality of the young lady she has become. We will always be grateful for how Alice absorbed so much of the stress out of the college application process.“

Helen F
Parent, Vassar, ‘27

” I am so grateful to have had you by my side the whole college application process–I couldn’t have asked for anyone better. Thank you for all your help getting me into my dream school! “

Nora J
Wesleyan University, ‘25

“Not every educator has the ability to see the potential in every student, but you, Alice, do.

Thank you for being there for me and my son”

Wendy B., Parent
Johnson and Wales University, ‘25

“Thank you so so much for everything you have done to help me through this process, it has been amazing working with you!!”

Olivia K., Student
Bowdoin College, ‘25

“Thank you for all of your help throughout this whole process. You were truly amazing to work with! “

Joey Utzschneider, Student
Colby College, ‘25

“Your support over the past three years has been incredible and I can’t thank you enough for your guidance. Whether we were pouring over class schedules or rereading my college essay, time and time again, you made the college process so much easier.”

Leah C.
Hamilton College, ’24

“Alice was an invaluable resource to our daughter especially during her junior year. Leah walked away from her meetings with Alice inspired and excited to explore schools and her future.  She started junior year overwhelmed by the options but, as a result of Alice’s engaging style, attentiveness, encouragement, and knowledge, we watched Leah confidently start to take on much of the process independently (well, we supplied the driving!). She would circle back to Alice after our campus visits eager to share what she learned.  Alice provided us with thorough follow-up emails after each meeting.  This continued throughout her junior year and by early in her senior year she had identified a clear top choice, applied Early Decision, and was accepted.  As I watch other parents juggle visiting schools on top of their child’s busy senior schedule, I am grateful to have had Alice on our side early guiding Leah through the process.  We are all now enjoying the rest of her senior year!“

Deena, Dave, Leah
Hamilton College ’24

“We hired Alice to help our daughter navigate the college application process, and are so glad we did. Alice has helped our daughter think about what she wants and how she is going to get there. Alice has transformed what for many is a very stressful, anxious time, to one of promise and optimism. From helping choose a high school course of study, relaying summer work and study opportunities, recommending a tutor, helping develop a standardized test schedule, developing a list of schools to apply to, and navigating the financial aid applications and editing application essays, Alice has a been with us every step of the way and all for a reasonable cost. We feel very grateful for her counsel and guidance.”

Adam Ginsburg, A. Ginsburg Architects
Parent of Junior, Class of 2019
Mount Abraham Union HS

I referred one of my longest standing and most valuable clients to Alice last year. I was not disappointed. My clients have raved about her dedication and hard work in helping their daughter to be accepted to West Point! Several times now, they have made a point to thank me for recommending them as her efforts overall, and especially through the essay submission process, went well above and beyond what they anticipated. This referral provided significant value for my clients, for Alice, and for me. Not only will I will never hesitate to recommend Alice, I will seek opportunities to recommend her to all clients with children of the age where her service is called for. Thank you, Alice!

Brendan Walsh, Quantum Leap Capital
February 2017

“Alice was the best thing about my college search. It is invaluable having someone kind, resourceful and supportive in your corner through everything there is in this process.”

Student,  Skidmore College ’19

“Alice’s help turned the college application process from wading through a swamp of information to swimming through the waters of knowledge—she had the answers to the endless questions that crop up when applying to college, and a buoyant spirit to boot!”

Parent, Burlington, VT ’17

“You really helped make it a less stressful process for all. Ella is really thrilled, and it was helpful for us to stay out of her decision-making process.”

Parent of Senior, Class of 2018
Mount Mansfield Union HS

I would like to take this opportunity to say how much my daughter Eden and I have enjoyed working with Alice Lissarrague of Lissarrague College guidance. Alice has really taken the time to get to know Eden, her interests, her strengths, and her dreams. Since Eden is only a college sophomore, we’re at the beginning of the process, but already Alice’s support and guidance have been tremendously beneficial to Eden and me in her course selection for next year, her plans for the summer, beginning to think about grants and scholarships to help pay for college, and for starting to understand what we can expect over the next year and half. We feel very grateful to have Alice to guide us through what can be a complex and stressful process. I would highly recommend Alice to anybody who would prefer that this experience is more of an “adventure” than a trial.

Adam Ginsburg,
Bristol, VT
March 2017

“I encourage any family thinking about a college counselor to connect with Alice!  As a parent, the pressure was eased because Alice was there to support us through the whole process: beginning with getting to know our child and recommending additional schools to visit or consider, to assisting her through testing, applications, and essays.

Alice has a wealth of knowledge about a multitude of schools across the country and understood what our daughter was hoping for in her college education. Alice’s help turned the college application process from wading through a swamp of information to swimming through the waters of knowledge–she had the answers to the endless questions that crop up when applying to college, and a buoyant spirit to boot! ”

Parent,
Richmond, VT ’17